http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Report-Size-of-US-Intelligence-Hurts-Ef fectiveness-98761334.html Report: Size of US Intelligence Hurts Effectiveness VOA News 19 July 2010 cid:[email protected] Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS A workman quickly slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters (file photo) A two-year investigation by a major U.S. newspaper alleges that the top-secret intelligence gathering put in place since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is so massive that its effectiveness is impossible to determine. The <http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/> Washington Post, which published the first of a three-part series on Monday, says the intelligence bureaucracy has become "so unwieldy and so secretive" that no one knows how much it costs or how many agencies do the same work. The Post's investigation discovered that there are now more than 1,200 government organizations and 1,900 private companies working on counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence. The newspaper says a retired Army general (John R. Vines) was asked to review the Defense Department's most sensitive programs. He concluded that it was impossible to tell whether the United States is safer because of all the spending and all the activities of the various agencies. In response to the report, a White House spokesman simply said it is important to have the necessary capabilities while ensuring that taxpayer dollars are not wasted. A Defense Department spokesman (Col. David Lapan) acknowledged that there are some redundancies within the intelligence community. But the acting Director of National Intelligence (David Gompert) said U.S. agents have thwarted attacks and are "achieving untold successes every day." http://tinyurl.com/33vlwyn [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
